diff --git a/djangoserver/requirements.txt b/djangoserver/requirements.txt
index 471baad..9662048 100644
--- a/djangoserver/requirements.txt
+++ b/djangoserver/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ transformers==4.36.0
 django-cors-headers==3.14.0
 pyarrow>=14.0.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 aiohttp>=3.9.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 sqlparse>=0.5.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.32.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 urllib3>=2.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability